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...assure the U.S. that what it has done . . . will be remembered with thankfulness." . To prove worthy of U.S. confidence, as Eden put it, Great Britain had a "new proposal to put before the conference." It was a proposal to make history, shattering the proud policy of insularity that Englishmen have maintained against all comers since William Shakespeare wrote...
...varsity rugby team, bolstered by six English-trained players, began practicing this week. The six, a Welshman, a South African, and four Englishmen, figure to give the team a big boost in this year's four game schedule, according to Rob Albert, team captain...
...years to settle up their firms' affairs and get permission to leave. Once there were 5,000 British in Shanghai; now there, are 186, the men sitting forlornly in their empty offices, reading detective stories because the Chinese will let them do nothing else. The golf courses where Englishmen had played, the clubs where billiard balls had clicked, were silent and desolate. As for reports that things are now a little easier, one businessman snapped: "Oh, yes, the lift boy says 'Good morning' to you again, but they are still taking away the lift...
Winston Churchill had realized this from the beginning. After Coward had pulled up a chair to the Churchill piano and had sung Mad Dogs and Englishmen and Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs. Worthington, Winnie said irascibly: "You'd be no good in the intelligence service." He then waved his hand and barked dramatically: "Get into a warship and see some action! Go and sing to them when the guns are firing-that's your job!" Coward wanted to explain that this would be "impracticable, because during a naval battle all ships' companies...
...Mexican horse thief. Later, however, the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad decided to cash in on the area's magnificent scenery (Pike's Peak, Garden of the Gods, etc.) and climate (69° average in summer, 29° in winter), promoted a swank resort. So many young Englishmen came that Colorado Springs was called "Little Lunnon." Amidst the Rockies they played cricket and polo; one wrote that the city was civilized because "wherever you find polo, you find good clubs, good society and, usually, good tea." Nowadays, Colorado Springs (pop. 46,000) mixes manicured elegance with Western hospitality...